U.S. Economy

A reduction in unemployment is not the key factor for economic growth. Rather, it is saving that is instrumental in the expansion and the enhancement of the production structure.

Patrick Newman and Tho Bishop discuss the Panic of 1819 and its impact on political alliances for decades to come.

2021 was the year of binge spending. 2022 is likely to be a hangover.

Friday's jobs report was weak, but the most alarming datapoint is that real wages are plummeting.

In this episode, Ryan McMaken and Tho Bishop dive into the politics of inflation.

Friday's jobs report was weak, but the most alarming datapoint is that real wages are plummeting.

Twenty twenty-one was the year of binge spending. Twenty twenty-two is likely to be a hangover.

In order to demand goods and services individuals must produce something useful first. Hence, supply drives demand and not the other way around. 

Colorado and Washington State have shown governors in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic how they've been missing out on collecting taxes from cannabis sales.

Joe Biden thinks that unless there's widespread government intervention in the economy, economic inequality "brews and ferments political discord and basic revolutions."